Election Committee Orders Netanyahu to Remove Campaign Video
Translated & summarized from Kipa by baba
The Chairman of the Elections Committee, Judge Noam Solberg, ordered Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to remove a campaign video from his social media pages, deeming it election propaganda. This ruling follows a previous fine of 29,000 shekels imposed on Netanyahu for using public resources for political advertising. Solberg's decision came after reviewing six petitions, five of which were accepted. The video in question focused on government achievements after a visit to an IDF post.
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- The Elections Committee ordered Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to remove a campaign video.
- Judge Noam Solberg ruled the video contained "elements of election propaganda."
- Netanyahu was also fined 2,500 shekels for the video's removal.
- This follows a recent 29,000 shekel fine for using public resources for propaganda.
- The video was posted after Netanyahu's visit to an IDF post in southern Lebanon.
The Chairman of the Elections Committee, Judge Noam Solberg, ruled on Tuesday that a warning video posted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from an Air Force base last week contained "elements of election propaganda." Consequently, he ordered the video's removal from Netanyahu's personal pages and imposed costs of 2,500 shekels on the Likud party and Netanyahu.
This ruling comes just two days after Solberg fined Netanyahu 29,000 shekels for using public resources for election propaganda in political publications. During the hearing, Solberg addressed six petitions concerning the matter, accepting five either fully or partially and rejecting one.
One of the petitions specifically targeted a video published on Netanyahu's official accounts following his visit to an IDF post in southern Lebanon. Solberg determined that while the visit's purpose, to boost soldiers' morale and acknowledge their efforts, was legitimate, the subsequent video omitted these aspects. The remaining segments focused on the government's achievements and the Prime Minister himself. "This is, of course, election propaganda," Solberg wrote in his decision.
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